Chinese Garden Color

#006967

Chinese Garden is calm, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #ff9698
Complementary Color #690001
Color Shade: warm cyan (178.86° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 20.59% (better contrasting with white)
Chinese Garden Color Sample
Chinese Garden Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #006967

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Chinese Garden Color. The Fjord Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Tetsu Green (#005243) for more calm effect. Try Milky Aquamarine as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#690001 is the best complementary color to Chinese Garden. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #006967 complementary color is Lonestar, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Blue Stone are #006932 and #003669. Thus found on the left and right of #006967 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fun Green and Midnight Blue colors as they work well with Chinese Garden.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Chinese Garden palette consists of #693200 and #690036 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#690001). Try Nutmeg Wood Finish and Tyrian Purple colors in combination with #006967, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #006967 offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Chinese Garden. Thus Olive and Ripe Plum giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Chinese Garden contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lonestar, Christalle, and Verdun Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #006967 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Chinese Garden tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#690001) and two others. The Ripe Plum is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Camarone – 120° from the complementary Lonestar. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #670069 and #016900.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #006967 is made of 0% red, 50% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Chinese Garden has a hue angle of 178.86°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 20.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #006967 is made of 41.18% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.79% yellow and 58.82% black ink.

HEX #006967
RGB Decimal rgb(0,105,103)
RGB Percentage 0%, 50%, 50%
CMYK 41.18, 0, 0.79, 58.82
HSL hsl(178.86,100%,20.59%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(178.86,100%,41.18%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.7189,-25.7112,-6.2435)
XYZ xyz(7.4998,11.0824,14.5758)
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